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This is the first time I've posted anything online so please forgive my ignorance if I do something wrong. Here's my problem. I have a 2005 T-100 Bonneville. I rode it to work one day and the tachometer quit. I rode home and other than the tach not working the bike ran fine. When I tried to start it a few weeks later it wouldn't. It turned over fine so I pulled a plug, grounded it to the head and saw it had no spark. I didn't have time to look at it for a few months (I work a lot of hours). When I got back to it I checked the spark again and it was fine. It started and I rode it about 10 miles. It ran fine for a while then died. It started after about half a minute and I rode it home. I have started it several times and it runs for a short time then dies. Sometimes it backfires. Sometimes it runs rough. The tach sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. I think there is something in common with the tach and the ignition. Does the ignitor send the signal to the tach? I've had Harleys run like this and after replacing the ignition modules they ran fine. I suspect the ignitor. My dealer told me they have no way of checking for a bad ignitor, they have to eliminate everything else first (for about $75 an hour). It would be nice if I could just plug a new one in and I'd know right away but for $500 I better check everything I can first. Any help on what to check would be very welcome. Thanks